Texas Motor Speedway represents the first race of the Round of 12 and the playoff grid is now tighter than ever. Moving forward, stage points will be very important and [autotag]Bubba Wallace[/autotag] has the honor of leading the field to the green flag after winning the pole for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas.

Wallace’s fast time of 28.672 seconds beat Chris Buescher by 0.039 seconds. Brad Keselowski will start third while Ty Gibbs rounds out the second row in fourth place.

As for the playoff drivers starting further in the field, Martin Truex Jr. will start 16th, William Byron qualified 18th, and Ryan Blaney will start 23rd.

The full starting lineup is available below.

2023 AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 starting lineup:

1. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
2. No. 17 Chris Buescher
3. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
4. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
5. No. 1 Ross Chastain
6. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
7. No. 8 Kyle Busch
8. No. 99 Daniel Suarez
9. No. 20 Christopher Bell
10. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
11. No. 5 Kyle Larson
12. No. 43 Erik Jones
13. No. 3 Austin Dillon
14. No. 48 Alex Bowman
15. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
16. No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
17. No. 34 Michael McDowell
18. No. 24 William Byron
19. No. 42 Carson Hocevar
20. No. 22 Joey Logano
21. No. 10 Aric Almirola
22. No. 4 Kevin Harvick
23. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
24. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
25. No. 41 Ryan Preece
26. No. 77 Ty Dillon
27. No. 7 Corey LaJoie
28. No. 31 Justin Haley
29. No. 9 Chase Elliott
30. No. 21 Harrison Burton
31. No. 14 Chase Briscoe
32. No. 2 Austin Cindric
33. No. 38 Zane Smith
34. No. 78 B.J. McLeod
35. No. 15 J.J. Yeley
36. No. 51 Todd Gilliland